Apollo 13 was NASA's third moon-landing mission, but the astronauts never made it to the lunar surface. During the mission's dramatic series of events, an oxygen tank explosion almost 56 hours ...

While the crew of three were on their journey to their intended destination, there was an oxygen tank explosion on Apollo 13, which could have ended in disaster. Even though Apollo 13 never made ...

Bettmann/Getty Apollo 13 stands as one of NASA's most monumental ... moon landing became a desperate fight for survival after an oxygen tank exploded on board. The unwavering teamwork, strength ...

Things took a new turn 55 hours into the mission, when Apollo 13 was about 180,000 nautical miles from Earth. One of the liquid oxygen tanks started to malfunction, giving an off-scale high ...

This photo shows a CO2 scrubber made from parts found aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft by the astronauts following an explosion in an oxygen tank. Astronaut John Swigert holds a CO2 scrubber made ...

The astronauts never made it to the moon. On April 13, 1970, two days after Apollo 13 launched, an oxygen tank aboard the craft exploded. Mission control had to develop an emergency plan to ...

He was also, Mr. Chaikin added, “in the depths of the worst depression of his life” after he was taken off Apollo 13. But he would not be idle. On the flight’s third day, an oxygen tank ...

Launched in April 1970, Apollo 13 was planned to be the third mission ... leaving it venting the mission's limited supply of oxygen into space — changed the focus of the flight.

In 1970, Mattingly was supposed to have joined the crew of Apollo 13, piloting the command module ... Jr. Several days into the mission, an oxygen tank on the spacecraft’s service module ...

Two days after liftoff, on April 13, 1970, an oxygen tank in Apollo 13’s service module exploded. The explosion crippled the spacecraft, leaving it without most of its oxygen supply, electricity ...

Ahead of the launch of Apollo 10, the secondary oxygen tank was removed for modification ... but the tank was eventually used for the Apollo 13 service module. Before launch, the tank was tested ...

The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space The latter offers a fresh look at the mission’s harrowing events ...